Intellectual property is the property of an author, usually they are copyrighted, so they don't have to worry about things being stolen from them. Intellectual Property was made to protect all of the authors words. It is very useful, but most internet thieves wont care about stealing it and they will end up getting arrested. Creative content is any type of artical that someone uses on the internet. I watched a brain pop about it. It is similar to intellectual property, it protects from people plagiarising. Once again some people do it anyway so it is best to cite the sources, and put the exact words in "'s